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IDY68029

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

MEDIA:

NO USE OF STANDARD EMERGENCY WARNING SIGNAL [sEWS]

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE AND FREQUENT BROADCAST

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TSUNAMI WARNING NUMBER 1 FOR PARTS OF VICTORIA

Issued by the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre [JATWC] at

8.28pm 15 June 2009

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TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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SUMMARY:

Tsunami warning for the marine environment for parts of VICTORIA.

Threatened areas extend from Lakes Entrance to Gabo Island including Gabo

Island, Lakes Entrance, Mallacoota and Point Hicks.

Possibility of DANGEROUS WAVES, STRONG OCEAN CURRENTS AND SOME LOCALISED

OVERFLOW ONTO THE IMMEDIATE FORESHORE for several hours from 10:15 pm [EST]

Wednesday.

Although major evacuations are not required, people are advised to get out of

the water and move away from the immediate water's edge.

Next update will be issued by #next_issue_state#.

For latest and further information call 1300 TSUNAMI [1300 878 6264] or visit

www.bom.gov.au

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DETAILS:

A threat of DANGEROUS WAVES, STRONG OCEAN CURRENTS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME

LOCALISED OVERFLOW ONTO THE IMMEDIATE FORESHORE exists for parts of

VICTORIA from Lakes Entrance to Gabo Island including Gabo Island, Lakes

Entrance, Mallacoota and Point Hicks.

Tsunami effects are expected at the following locations from these times:

Lakes Entrance after 10:15 pm [EST] Wednesday

COMMUNITY RESPONSE ADVICE FROM THE VICTORIAN STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE

- While major evacuations in these areas are not required, people are advised

to get out of the water and move away from the immediate water's edge of

harbours, coastal estuaries, rock platforms and beaches.

- Boats in harbours, estuaries or shallow coastal water should return to

shore. Secure your boat and move away from the waterfront.

- Vessels already at sea should stay offshore in deep water until further

advised.

- Do not go to the coast to watch the tsunami, as there is the possibility of

dangerous, localised flooding of the immediate foreshore.

- Check that your neighbours have received this advice.

CAUTION:

Tsunami waves are more powerful than the same size beach waves, with the first

wave not necessarily being the largest.

Low-level effects may be observed in neighbouring coastal areas. People are

advised to take care.

TSUNAMI SOURCE:

An undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.9 [Latitude 45.960S Longitude 166.470E ]

occurred at 07:22 PM EST on Wednesday 15 July 2009 near OFF W. COAST OF S.

ISLAND, N.Z..

Sea level observations have confirmed a tsunami.

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The earthquake of magnitude 7.9 [Latitude 45.960S Longitude 166.470E ]

occurred at 07:22 PM EST on Wednesday 15 July 2009.

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The NEXT UPDATE will be issued by #next_issue_state# local time.

FOR LATEST AND FURTHER INFORMATION:

Call 1300 TSUNAMI [1300 878 6264] or visit www.bom.gov.au

FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE:

Call the VICTORIAN STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE on 132 500

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EST = Eastern Standard Time

CST = Central Standard Time = EST - 30 minutes

WST = Western Standard Time = EST - 2 hours

The JATWC is operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and Geoscience

Australia

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It was over 2 hours after it happend.

Even if it did happen they were only estimating it to be like a 20cm wave.... OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO lol

shame i was quite hoping for some excitement... but also living in the hills it wouldnt have made much of a diff

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*waits for some asehole to make a boat joke about 33s*...

Quick, everyone get in my R33.

After the floods die down we can go for a cruise...to the Caribbean...

:mellow:

For the record, I do take warnings very seriously...at first. But not unnecessarily-updated-every-ad-break-minor-shift-in-some-subcontinent's-plate crap. After reading this full warning issue I'm surprised it got as much attention as it did. Fair enough to warn the mariners and islanders. But the word tsunami is now synonymous with thousands of people dying (despite the fact these small ones are quite common), so the newsmedia tend to jump on that one.

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For the record, I do take warnings very seriously...at first. But not unnecessarily-updated-every-ad-break-minor-shift-in-some-subcontinent's-plate crap. After reading this full warning issue I'm surprised it got as much attention as it did. Fair enough to warn the mariners and islanders. But the word tsunami is now synonymous with thousands of people dying (despite the fact these small ones are quite common), so the newsmedia tend to jump on that one.

remember not so long ago the bush fire's ? everyone cracked it cause there was enough warning.

now there is warning, may be over the top, but people were alerted, saves there own arse's and gives residents a bit of heads up, they cant get the weather right nor can they tell the size of a wave coming from 2hours away.

there will always be someone out there who will jump up and go ' there was no warning, we could of been killed, whats the government doing about it?'

even if there was no threat, then sure enough everyone jumps on the band wagon.

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Yer I agree warnings are a good idea, it's just that in this case the severity was a bit on the low and I feel the media/BOM were jumping the guns on a slow day.

On the side, does anyone know if this tsunami had much of an impact on anything? Docks, ships etc?

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